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1 other countries affected by the marine casuaUy, and 



2 particularly with the flag country of any ship involved; 



3 (2) notify without delay the Administrator of the 



4 Environmental Protection Agency and any other per- 



5 sons known to the Secretary, or of whom he later be- 



6 comes aware, who have interests which can reasonably 



7 be expected to be affected by any proposed measures; 



8 and 



9 (3) consider any views submitted in response to the 



10 consultation or notification required by subsections (1) 



11 and ( 2 ) of this section. 



12 Sec. 7. In cases of extreme urgency requiring measures 

 18 to be taken immediately, the Secretary may take those meas- 



14 ures rendered necessary by the urgency of the situation with- 



15 out the prior consultation or notification as required by sec- 

 IG tion 6 of this Act or without the continuation of consulta- 



17 tions already begun. 



18 Sec. 8. (a) Measures directed or conducted under this 



19 Act shall be proportionate to the damage, actual or threat- 



20 ened, to the coastline or related interests of the United States 



21 and may not go beyond what is reasonably necessary to pre- 



22 vent, mitigate, or eliminate that damage. 



23 (b) In considering whether measures are proportionate 



24 to the damage the Secretary shall, among other things, 



25 consider — 



